nail scissors
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nail scissors
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Claiming that you don’t like attending weddings is worse than saying that you hate Christmas, or that the sound of children laughing and playing makes you want to remove your own ears with nail scissors.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019
Some ads were then unfolded and briefly examined; in one video, a few items were cut out of one with nail scissors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2019
But the answer isn’t to add tech to your clippers—it’s to embrace nail scissors, another simple machine that is easy to maneuver and to see over, allowing for precision around those tiny fingers.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2018
It could end with one of those sore throats that feels as if you have swallowed a pair of nail scissors.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
I cannot imagine why in a place with so many sharp instruments for cutting bones and thick tissues, that woman brought me such teeny nail scissors.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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